Sir Bob Jones considers flouting EFA

Great to see the Sir Bob is getting grumpy again

Tweedledum or Tweedledee

It would appear; going by all the polls, that the Labour led government is toast come the next election.

But is it a new found affection for National that sees it some 15 per cent ahead in most polls or is it a rejection of tired, dejected Labour party mired in sleaze and discontent?

It’s hard to believe that people are moving to National, the party offers nothing that Labour has not already provided. A “me to party” providing nothing new and telling voters that they will continue to stay with the failed policies of the current administration. This hardly seems to be a recipe to get our country back amongst the top performers in the OECD. In the past National have always signed up to Labour’s policies why will this time be any different especially as John Key has already demonstrated that he is New Zealand’s second most flexible politician.

There seems that there is no party that Kiwis actually want to vote for and they will end up voting for the Nats because they are not Labour. It’s about time that the electorate got an opportunity to vote for a party that actually provided solutions to our problems of the day, poor healthcare, poor education, high crime rates, high cost of housing and high interest rates.

Interesting Line up in Mangere

Looks like things are going to get interesting in the race for the socialist stronghold of Mangere. William Sio who was on the Manukau City Council for two terms and now a Labour Party list MP is duking it out with another Manukau councillor’s brother Jerry, brother of Alf Filipaina. To make things even more interesting Arthur Anae former National MP & also a Manukau City councillor will also contest the seat.

They will be going up against Phillip Field the incumbent MP who was formerly with Labour and is now an independent. Field may not get to the starting line in this race as he has his on going problems facing 15 counts of bribery and 25 counts of attempting to pervert justice.

The only one missing from this intriguing line up (no pun intended) is Labour party stalwart, James Papa’ili found guilty of 15 counts of fraud while a Manukau City councillor.

One thing is for sure, they’ll all be working harder than a Thai tiler in Samoa to win the seat.

Labour routed

The rout of the socialists in the UK local body elections is bad news for their kiwi comrades. Economic commentators in this country having been telling them that they need to give tax relief to middle New Zealand. The government has ignored those calls and now with little wriggle room they face annihilation later this year.

Brown's party routed in UK elections - 03 May 2008 - NZ Herald: World / International News

MMP Raises its Stupid Head Again

The absurd nature of MMP which has been apparent to many for a long time reached new heights of madness this week when Foreign Minister Winston Peters and his New Zealand First party slammed New Zealand’s free trade agreement with China. The Labour led government is scrambling to explain the Peters’ role is not compromised by his stand. Trade and foreign policy are not related and Peters is free to continue opposing the FTA.

However it was Michael Cullen who declared not long ago that an FTA with China is a key foreign policy initiative. Maybe he just forgot to tell Peters!

Bold steps needed to arrest slide

Revenue taxes are needed to finance necessary government spending, but they are a drag on the economy. This opinion piece penned by the author of the 2001 Tax Review, Rob McLeod, chairman of the Business Roundtable explains how tax cuts will help the NZ economy.

Rob McLeod: Bold steps needed to arrest slide - 03 Apr 2008 - nzherald

Act 'hijacks' lecture

Some Labour party pip squeak, who didn't want to be named is upset that Kiwis may like the idea of lower of tax rates. Could it be that Mr P Squeak didn't want everyone to know that he is still on the tax payer teat after all these years?

Act 'hijacks' lecture - 30 Mar 2008 - NZ Herald

Hard right? No, they're hard left

Roger Douglas answers his socialist critics for whom the only solution for the problems facing New Zealand is more government intervention and higher taxes.

Roger Douglas: Hard right? No, they're hard left - 24 Mar 2008 - Opinion, Editorial and reader comments from New Zealand and around the World - nzherald